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Being candid with patients is second nature to doctors, MDU survey finds

A new survey from the Medical Defence Union (MDU) of over 400 doctors has demonstrated doctors’ willingness to be open and honest with patients when something goes wrong in their care. The survey of 411 MDU members* found: 99% of doctors followed up incidents by apologising, explaining what happened and trying to put things right,… Read more »

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Gamekeeping Taskforce “needed now more than ever”

A year on from BASC Scotland’s call for the establishment of a Gamekeeping Taskforce, the Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Màiri McAllan MSP, has been urged to address the ongoing difficulties facing gamekeepers and rural workers in managing the countryside. Ahead of the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary election BASC Scotland called for the creation of a Scottish Gamekeeping… Read more »

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Analysis: The fight against complacency

There was an awful lot of champagne drunk in Manchester last night. Don’t they know there’s a complacency ban on? By Alex Stevenson On and on, into the night, foot soldiers of the Conservative party caroused into the wee small hours. There were no escapist round-the-piano singalongs, as we saw in Brighton. Instead pleasant chit-chat,… Read more »

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Osborne ready to raise retirement age

By politics.co.uk staff George Osborne has admitted he plans to raise the state retirement age to 66 in his speech to the Tory party faithful today. The proposals would see the retirement age rise ten years earlier than planned, saving £13 billion a year from 2016. Existing government plans would have seen the increase take… Read more »